Horseshoe Basin other trails nearby (tap a dot to open it)
Get directions · Google MapsApple Maps
USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain) · OpenStreetMap · Basemap: OpenFreeMap (OpenMapTiles, © OSM contributors).
7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Jun, Aug–Oct · highs 16–27 °C (61–81 °F)
- J2°-11°15
- F4°-9°17
- M8°-6°23
- A13°-2°24
- M20°3°28
- J26°8°18
- J29°12°38
- A27°11°44
- S23°7°42
- O16°1°37
- N8°-5°23
- D2°-11°18
Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.
How we pick months
Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.
Trail facts
- Length
- 14 km · 9 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Mountain range
- Uncompahgre Plateau (Colorado Plateau › Intermountain West; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 25 km SW of Olathe (Montrose County, Colorado) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests
- Best months
- May–Jun, Aug–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Colorado
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 38.4686, -108.2033
How it’s scored
Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.
More trails in the Uncompahgre Plateau
All 150 →Nearest trails
distance from the trail centreRoatcap
1.0 mi · 1.6 km · Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests
Ashley
1.6 mi · 2.6 km · Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests
Traver
2.9 mi · 4.7 km · Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests
Old Transfer
3.0 mi · 4.8 km · Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests
East Basin
3.1 mi · 4.9 km · Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests
Roubideau
3.7 mi · 6.0 km · Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests
All trails in Colorado → · All 36,834 trails in United States of America →